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Greg the Dog.
was doing a little writing the other day and decided that one of the characters I was writing about needed a face. So here’s Greg the dog… oh ,and if you’re my brother Gregg no worries this isn’t about you. I even spelled his name differently so there would be no confusion.
Speaking of my [...]
How to Draw a Cartoon Cowboy… Really Fast.
Here’s a video I did recently I thought you might enjoy. A quick sketch of a cowboy… really quick.
The Bob O Show Live on Ustream Feb 24th 9PM
The Bob O Show is teaming up with The Artcast Network for a live Ustream show February 24th at 9PM Eastern. If you haven’t seen the Bob O Show before take cover, fasten your seat belts and hang on tight it’s always an adventure.
I’ll be doing a live screen capture (and trying my best not to [...]
Advanced Photoshop with Bob Ostrom
I will be teaching an advanced course in Adobe Photoshop this spring at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. The class will begin the 1st week of March and I’m really looking forward to it.
As you know from reading this blog I am a huge fan of Photoshop and use it for most of [...]
What’s a Mini-Canvas?
I’ve been having a lot of fun with these mini canvases lately. Here’s one I did with my class at Jerry’s Artarama. These things are great.
Our theme for the last class was Under the Sea (I thought it would be fun to do a snail). We used acrylic paint, sharpie markers, acrylic gel medium, sand [...]
The Bob O Show is now on the Artcast Network
I just did my 3rd Ustream show last week. I’m not sure I can say there has been a huge leap forward in my handling of the Ustream technology but the future looks promising. Ustream has just released a new piece of software called Ustream Producer. I will be giving it a try before the [...]
How to Draw a Cat
This was a video I shot last summer at Burning Oak Studios. I posted a link to it earlier but I don’t think I ever actually posted the video itself…. so in case you missed it here you go. Have fun.
If you draw along with me please email me a copy of your drawing so [...]
How to Draw a Fish
How to Draw a fish.
Just follow these simple steps and pretty soon you will have a friendly fish of your very own swimming across your page.
Mine’s name is Charlie and he likes to watch cartoons. If your fish has a name go ahead and email it to me I’d love to see him….or her… and [...]
It’s Herbie Time !!!
Some of you who have been following me for a while know that for the last 2 years I’ve been working on a series of books called the Herbster Readers. It’s been a huge project with over 750 illustrations.
For those of you who are not familiar with Herbie, he is a little brown bear with [...]
Bob Visits a Library Near You…Southgate and Athens
Welcome to another entry of “Bob Visits a Library near you…”.
Wow two appearances in one week? Yep, first I visited the Southgate library on Tuesday and then I went to the Athens Library on Thursday. I had a blast drawing with everyone. We drew a whole bunch of really fun stuff… cats, dogs, elephants [...]
Panda
Here is a Panda I did recently. I used the brush pen to draw him just like I did in the Jerry’s Artarama videos. Then I colored him on my computer using Adobe Illustrator. If you like this little guy please feel free to download the coloring book page at the end of the article [...]
Experimenting with Adobe Illustrator
So I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator a little bit lately. I wanted to try and find a way to bring some color to the hand inked look I’ve been having so much fun with lately. A couple of weeks back I rediscovered these really cool brush tip markers while shooting the videos for Jerry’s. [...]
Today’s Twittertoon…What is it?
Q:What’s Today’s Twitter Toon and How does it work?
A: Twitter toons are cartoons posted by twitter users. The theme changes daily so just look for the #Ttoon to find out what the theme of the day is. Once your toon is ready tweet up your link and add #Ttoon so others can find [...]
How to Draw a Dog
This is another free art lesson- How to draw a dog. Have fun and don’t forget the free printout at the end.
How to Draw a Cat
Here’s a quick lesson for all you young budding artists who would like to learn to draw a cat in 5 easy steps. Have fun and …Oh yeah… Hey, don’t forget the totally free print out at the end.
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- Greg the Dog.
- How to Draw a Cartoon Cowboy… Really Fast.
- The Bob O Show Live on Ustream Feb 24th 9PM
- Advanced Photoshop with Bob Ostrom
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